Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Sep 12, 2002, 6:26 PM MDT for Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2002, 6:26 PM MDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2002, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sandoval County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 6:30 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Bernalillo, NM | |
| Sep 12, 6:55 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Bernalillo, NM |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 35 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
942
WFUS55 KABQ 130026
TORABQ
NMC043-130115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
625 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 715 PM MDT
* AT 621 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIO RANCHO...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF
BERNALILLO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
8 MILES NORTH OF SANDIA PUEBLO AT 640 PM MDT
2 MILES NORTH OF SANTA ANA PUEBLO...4 MILES NORTH OF BERNALILLO AT
645 PM MDT
2 MILES SOUTH OF SAN FELIPE PUEBLO AT 700 PM MDT
AT 621 PM MDT SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM.
TAKE COVER NOW LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE
TO A BASEMENT. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS.
IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW
LAT...LON 3542 10687 3524 10686 3524 10632 3550 10637The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 40 min |
| Sep 13, 2:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 34 min |
| Sep 13, 2:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 34 min |
| Sep 13, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 61 min |
| Sep 13, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 59 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.